Kacy Mathis, MA, LPC-A

I am a compassionate counselor who helps children, teens, adults, and couples grow with confidence, navigate grief, and rediscover their inner resilience.

Hi, I’m Kacy Mathis, MA, LPC-A, and I specialize in supporting children, teens, adults, and couples as they navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clarity, and practical tools for meaningful change. My goal is to create a warm, grounded space where you can explore your emotions, understand your patterns, and feel truly heard without judgment.

Before becoming a counselor, I spent 15 years as a public school teacher, working daily with children and teens from diverse backgrounds. That experience profoundly shaped my work in therapy. I understand the emotional and academic pressures kids face, the complexity of school environments, and how peer dynamics and family stressors influence behavior, self-worth, and mental health. This background allows me to bridge the gap between school and home, helping families communicate more effectively and supporting kids in ways that feel relatable and safe.

Supporting Children and Teens with Insight and Understanding

My approach with children and teens is rooted in empathy, validation, and teaching emotional awareness. Young people often struggle to express what they feel, or they fear getting in trouble for being honest. I focus on building trust first, helping them understand their emotions, develop healthy coping skills, and feel more in control of their world. Whether your child is dealing with anxiety, friendship conflict, identity concerns, school stress, or big emotions, I provide strategies that help them feel understood and supported. I also partner with parents to strengthen communication, reduce patterns of conflict, and create more consistency and connection at home.

Helping Couples Rebuild Safety and Connection

Couples often come to me feeling disconnected, stuck in repetitive arguments, or unsure how to communicate without escalating. Using tools from emotion-focused therapy and attachment-based work, I help partners tune into underlying emotions, disrupt negative cycles, and rebuild trust. My sessions provide a structured, calm space where both partners feel seen and understood. Whether you’re dating, married, coparenting, or navigating blended family dynamics, we work together to uncover needs, soften defensiveness, and restore emotional closeness. Couples often leave sessions saying, “We finally understand each other better,” or “We communicate with more empathy now.”

Blended Family Support from Both Personal and Professional Experience

As both a therapist and a stepmom, I deeply understand the challenges blended families face, shifts in roles, loyalty binds, parenting differences, and emotional adjustments. I help families navigate these transitions with patience, openness, and tools that strengthen trust and belonging for everyone involved.

Grief Support Informed by Neuroscience

Grief affects every part of us, our emotions, thoughts, sleep, energy, and sense of identity. With training in the Neuroscience of Grief, I help clients understand what is happening inside their brain and body during loss, and why grief often feels disorienting or unpredictable. Whether you are grieving a death, a breakup, family estrangement, or another major life transition, we work together to regulate your nervous system, make meaning of the loss, and move through the experience with compassion instead of pressure or shame. Grief is not something to rush; it’s a process we walk through with gentleness and support.

Individual Counseling for Adults Seeking Clarity and Emotional Balance

I also work one-on-one with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, life transitions, chronic stress, relationship challenges, identity exploration, and emotional overwhelm. Many clients come to therapy feeling stuck or unsure how to move forward. Together, we slow down the noise, explore your patterns, uncover your strengths, and build tools that help you respond rather than react. My goal is to help you reconnect with your needs, establish healthier boundaries, and move toward the life you want with confidence and clarity.

My Therapy Style

Clients often describe me as warm, grounded, easy to talk to, and straightforward in a gentle way. I believe therapy should feel like a collaborative conversation, a safe place to bring your whole self without fear of judgment. My approach draws from:

Person-centered and humanistic therapy

Emotion-focused and attachment-based work

IFS-informed parts work

Strengths-based and creative techniques

Neuroscience and mind-body awareness

I value authenticity, curiosity, and helping clients feel understood. Whether you’re navigating grief, managing anxiety, working through relationship challenges, or supporting a child or teen, I’m here to walk alongside you with compassion and practical support.

Why I Do This Work

After years in the classroom, I witnessed how deeply kids and families struggle, often quietly. I became a counselor because I believe everyone deserves a space where they can be vulnerable, feel safe, and make sense of their story. I feel honored to walk with people through some of their hardest moments and celebrate their growth along the way. Healing doesn’t happen in isolation; it happens through connection, insight, and support.

No matter what brings you here, your story matters. I’m here to help you feel grounded, capable, and supported as you move toward healing, resilience, and meaningful change.